1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 36 "Campus Folk Song 1" is released, officially entering the music scene!

1994, April 2.

Today is Saturday.

Dadi Records released a compilation album called "School Ballads 1", which contains 11 songs, plain cover design, and even no images of any characters.

In this era when televisions were just popularized, and most people did not have VCDs, audio equipment and other equipment, most of the records released in mainland China were cassette tapes, and the transition to CDs had not yet been made.

Therefore, the record "Campus Folk Song 1" only came out on tape, not on CD, and there was no related MTV for the song.

Except for a few songs in this compilation, which were sung by professional musicians signed by "Dadi Records" at the time, the creation of all other works and the singing of some works were completely completed by newcomers outside the music circle.

For example, Lao Lang, Jiang Xiaofeng, and Yu Dong are not professional singers, nor have they received professional singing training, but their singing voices, compared with skilled professional singers, are more sincere and youthful, not at all. greasy.

"Campus Ballad 1" song catalog:
1. You at the same table—Old Wolf
2. Those Flowers - Jiang Xiaofeng
3. Loneliness is because of missing someone——Jinggangshan
4. The tree in the story - Feng Lan/Li Rong
5. Leave - Yu Dong

6. The brother who sleeps on my upper bunk——Old Wolf
7. Drum Tower - Jiang Xiaofeng
8. We met - Feng Lan/Li Rong
9. Youth - Shen Qing

10. Office workers - Ding Wei

11. The Lover of the Wandering Singer—Old Wolf
It is worth mentioning that in the compilation album "Campus Folk Songs 1", Lao Lang himself wrote three songs, namely "You at the Same Table", "Brother Sleeping on My Top Bunk", and "The Lover of a Homeless Singer". , it can be said that it is quite a row.

And Jiang Xiaofeng also took two of them, namely "Those Flowers" and "Drum Tower", which is the second singer with the most works in the entire album.

Obviously, from the order of the songs, it can be seen that Dadi Records regards the song "You at the Same Table" sung by Lao Lang as the first hit of the entire album, and "Those Flowers" sung by Jiang Xiaofeng as the song of this album. The second title of the album.

On the day "Campus Folk Songs 1" was released, Taohong rushed to the record store immediately, bought the tape for 10 yuan, and took the tape recorder at home to Huiyuan Apartment in the Asian Games Village, ready to enjoy his music with Jiang Xiaofeng. song.

After the tape was put into the recorder, Taohong hurriedly pressed the play button. After a while, the song "You at the Same Table" sung by Old Wolf came from the speaker of the recorder.

"Will you remember tomorrow?

The diary you wrote yesterday

Do you still think about tomorrow
You who used to cry the most
Teachers can't remember
You who can't guess the problem

I also flipped pictures by accident
I just remembered you at the same table

who married the sentimental you

who read your diary

who put your long hair up
who made your wedding dress

......"

After listening to a short passage, Tao Hong suddenly said: "You didn't sing this song, did you? It doesn't sound like your voice."

Jiang Xiaofeng said angrily and amusedly: "Nonsense, I didn't sing this originally, it was sung by Lao Lang. My song is the second one, and there is a seventh one."

Without waiting for Taohong to answer, Jiang Xiaofeng then asked: "How is it? Is the song "You at the Same Table" sung by Old Wolf good?"

Tao Hong nodded: "It sounds good, very touching, very lyrical."

There is one thing to say, the song "You at the Same Table" written by Gao Xiaosong is absolutely excellent in lyrics and music, Zhang Weining's arrangement is also very classic, and Lao Lang also successfully interpreted it with his unique and very textured voice. the song.

The song "You at the Same Table" by Lao Lang ended, and the second song that followed was "Those Flowers" sung by Jiang Xiaofeng.

Along with the melody of the song "Those Flowers", Jiang Xiaofeng and Taohong looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

"That laugh reminds me of

my flowers
in every corner of my life
open for me quietly
i thought i would be forever
stay by her side

today we are gone
in the sea of ​​people

Are they all old?

where are they
We are like this

Go to the end of the world

......"

During the playing of the song "Those Flowers", Taohong did not speak the whole time, resting her chin with both hands, quietly listening to the singing from the speaker of the tape recorder.

The same is true for Jiang Xiaofeng, feeling very strange and excited, because he believes that after the release of the album "Campus Folk Song 1", he will be regarded as his debut and officially enter the mainland music scene.

In Jiang Xiaofeng's view, no matter how well the album "Campus Folk Songs 1" sells, no matter whether the songs "Those Flowers" and "Drum Tower" can become popular, anyway, after releasing the two songs, he feels that he is a A serious singer.

However, except for Jiang Xiaofeng, no one expected that the album "Campus Folk Songs 1" would become popular.

Even Gao Xiaosong, who has always been full of confidence, didn't consider whether the songs could become popular. He felt that the songs "You at the Same Table" could be sung by Lao Lang himself, released smoothly, and let more people hear it. I'm happy, what more bike do I need.

You know, Gao Xiaosong used to form a band with Lao Lang, and wrote a lot of rock songs, but there was no response, and he started his own performances by patchwork. The most successful time was for bands such as Black Panther and Tang Dynasty. Warm place, that's all.

Gao Xiaosong also laughed at himself, Cui Jian asked them questions, in fact, Cui Jian didn't know them, didn't know what they came for, so he asked "Who are you?".

Therefore, Gao Xiaosong and Lao Lang didn't think that the songs "You at the Same Table" and "The Brother Sleeping on My Upper Bunk" would become popular, and if they can be released smoothly now, it is already a dream come true.

In fact, most people can't believe that they will really be popular even if they have great expectations before they become popular. Only after they are really popular will they have that kind of real muscle memory.

In fact, the first week after the release of "School Folk 1" did not arouse much response, and the same was true for the second week, because Dadi Records did not promote this record at all.

May 3st, morning.

Jiang Xiaofeng, Lao Lang, Gao Xiaosong, and Ding Wei held a signing event at an audio-visual store called "Audio-Video World" in Xidan.

No one came, and they signed and sold only 1 copies of the "Campus Folk Song 36" cassette for the whole morning, which can be said to be extremely dismal.

In fact, it's normal to think about it, because the album "Campus Folk Songs 1" doesn't have a popular well-known singer, so naturally there won't be fans coming here.

Including Jing Gangshan, who sang "Lonely Because I Miss Who", he can't be regarded as a popular singer. Although he has released two albums and acted in movies such as "Blooded Red Horse Carriage" and "Youth Impulse", he is only It's just a little famous, and it doesn't have much effect on the sales of the album "Campus Folk 1".

What's more, Renjing Gangshan had a lot of drinking last night, and he is still drunk, and he didn't come to the autograph event, so he can't hold on to Jiang Xiaofeng, Lao Lang, Ding Wei and other unknown newcomers.

Faced with such a deserted signing event, Jiang Xiaofeng felt a little bit lost. He felt as if he had made his debut, but he didn't. It was completely different from the instant success he imagined.

Gao Xiaosong and Lao Lang were quite open-minded, they were already discussing privately, where to go for dinner, and they wanted to change to a lighter taste, if they couldn't negotiate, so they Ask Jiang Xiaofeng on the side.

Jiang Xiaofeng thought of when Jiang Wen took them to the "Reminiscence of Bitterness" when he was on the crew of "Sunny Day", and his memory is still fresh.

The reason why I was so impressed was mainly because, in the movie "Sunny Day", the character played by Jiang Xiaofeng was called "Liu Yiku".

Moreover, this rice is indeed rare and unpalatable. In order to let customers remember the bitterness and think about the sweetness, they even deliberately make the rice so that pigs are not willing to eat it.

Jiang Xiaofeng thought that it would be good for Gao Xiaosong and the others to remove the oil, so he recommended the two of them to go to Xiangyangtun restaurant to eat Yiku meal.

Both Gao Xiaosong and Lao Lang thought it was quite fresh, and after the autograph session ended, they drove his Lincoln car straight to Xiangyangtun Restaurant.

The Xiangyangtun Restaurant is located at the Summer Palace. It was very popular for a while, and the food was full of Yiku rice. When entering the house, they took off their shoes and put them on the kang, as if they followed into the village.

It's okay to eat this kind of food for a while, but if you eat two or three meals in a row, you really feel like you're back in the old society.

Later, many people followed suit, and they were very popular with those fake rich people who treated guests but refused to vomit blood.

Jiang Xiaofeng was an orphan since he was a child. He was satisfied with soy milk and deep-fried dough sticks for breakfast. He never ate any delicacies from mountains and seas. Now that his life has finally improved, he will never suffer twice again. One piece went.

ps. A new month, a new beginning, asking for a collection, asking for a monthly pass, asking for a follow-up, asking for all the support of love. Here, Gu Orange also wishes everyone a happy life.

(End of this chapter)